

Estes Star Hopper Model Rocket Kit
Key item features
- Beginner Friendly: This model rocket kit is specifically designed for beginners and younger rocketeers, offering a fun building and flying experience with minimal parts and snap-together construction.
- Small Field: The Star Hopper is ideal for small flying fields, featuring a drag streamer recovery system to ensure safe retrieval even in limited spaces.
- Easy Assembly: Construction is simplified with pre-colored, snap-together parts, eliminating the need for gluing.
- Recovery System: It utilizes a drag streamer recovery system, which is effective for safe landings in smaller areas.
- Required Accessories: To launch, separate purchases are required, including the Estes Porta-Pad II Launch Pad (88748), E Launch Controller (88749), and 1/2A3-4T Model Rocket Engines (89009).
- Mythical Inspiration: The design is based on a rumored 1950s secret project to counter flying saucers, transforming a myth into a real, ready-to-fly rocket kit.
Specs
- Brandunknown
- Piece count14
- Minimum recommended age10 years
- MaterialPlastic
- Assembled product height0.74 in
- Vehicle typeWatercraft
- Free shipping
Free 30-day returns
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- Designed specifically for small areas
- Snap-together construction
- Drag Streamer recovery system
- Great beginner rocket!
- Estes® Porta-Pad II Launch Pad (88748), E Launch Controller (88749) and 1/2A3-4T Model Rocket Engines (89009) are required to launch your rocket and are sold separately.
Do you have a small flying field and worry about being able to recover your model rocket safely? Star Hopper™ is designed for small fields and the youngest (or most inexperienced) rocketeers!
Specifically designed with drag streamer recovery, Estes® mini engine power, minimal parts count (parts are pre-colored), and snap-together construction requiring no gluing, the Star Hopper offers a fun building and flying experience for all.
Based on a rumored 1950s secret project to counter the flying saucer threat over Mount Rainer, Estes has turned a myth into a real, great-looking ready-to-fly-today rocket kit.
- Estes Star Hopper Model Rocket Kit
- Estes® Star Hopper™ Beginner Level Model Rocket Kit
- Designed specifically for small areas
- Snap-together construction
- Drag Streamer recovery system
- Great beginner rocket!
- Estes® Porta-Pad II Launch Pad (88748), E Launch Controller (88749) and 1/2A3-4T Model Rocket Engines (89009) are required to launch your rocket and are sold separately.
Do you have a small flying field and worry about being able to recover your model rocket safely? Star Hopper™ is designed for small fields and the youngest (or most inexperienced) rocketeers!
Specifically designed with drag streamer recovery, Estes® mini engine power, minimal parts count (parts are pre-colored), and snap-together construction requiring no gluing, the Star Hopper offers a fun building and flying experience for all.
Based on a rumored 1950s secret project to counter the flying saucer threat over Mount Rainer, Estes has turned a myth into a real, great-looking ready-to-fly-today rocket kit. - By unknown
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